Putin orders civilian evacuation of Kursk

[Omni]

Not the best, but ammo could be made and adapted in field and used by any infantry soldier. The problem with shotguns is very limited range, and the shot-gunner won't always be near the drone or detect it first. I wouldn't want to be stuck with a shotgun fighting across fields either. I wonder about a full auto 28ga or 410 shotgun for high magazine capacity and control ability?
Or how well a full auto P90 in 5.7x28 would work?

 

[arakboss]

Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk | CNN

Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. They have also destroyed or captured Ukrainian positions near the city, a Ukrainian army...

amp.cnn.com

 

[arakboss]

Russia launches one of largest attacks on Ukraine's energy grid

Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine early on Dec. 13, firing missiles across multiple regions.

kyivindependent.com

 

[arakboss]

Russians just six kilometres from Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast: situation remains critical – ISW

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[rjmt]

new Ukrainian Naval Drone used against Crimea

Ukraine uses new type of naval drones to strike Russian targets

Ukraine’s new naval drones conducted precision strikes on Russian-occupied gas platforms off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea, destroying surveillance systems used by Russian forces, the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, announced on Thursday morning. “Naval drones from the...

defence-blog.com

 

[arakboss]

Ukrainian soldiers on brink of encirclement in 4 villages in Donetsk Oblast – DeepState, photo

Analysts from the DeepState project reported on 12 December that Russian forces have occupied the village of Zoria. The situation around the “Uspenivka pocket” in Donetsk Oblast has been getting worse.

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[arakboss]

Artillery Shell Boom For India Amid Ukraine-Russia War; Indian Firms To Set Up Manufacturing Lines In Estonia

During the Ukraine-Russia war, howitzers have proved their mettle. The conflict in the Middle East has further exacerbated the requirement for 155 mm artillery shells. Europe has been looking at alternate options to procure artillery shells for its forces and to help Kyiv. This has forced the...

www.eurasiantimes.com

 

[arakboss]

Ukraine's SBU assassinates Russian general charged with chemical weapons crimes, source claims

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and another Russian service member were reportedly killed in an explosion in Moscow on the morning of Dec. 17.

kyivindependent.com

 

[arakboss]

The last days of a Ukrainian ghost town within Russia's grasp

The pack of stray dogs -- thin and rain-soaked -- yelped in fear at the roar of incoming Russian artillery fire that echoed off abandoned Soviet-era buildings and an Orthodox church in frontline Pokrovsk.His task within the 68th brigade has been to rain down fire on the small groups of Russian...

www.yahoo.com

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

Ukraine's SBU assassinates Russian general charged with chemical weapons crimes, source claims

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and another Russian service member were reportedly killed in an explosion in Moscow on the morning of Dec. 17.

kyivindependent.com

They have released a mugshot of the suspect

 

[arakboss]

\"Hell\" for the Russians. How Ukraine was creating a super-drone and ended up with a cruise missile

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[Certaindeaf]

Ukraine unveils laser weapon ‘based on UK prototypes’

System is capable of shooting down Russian aircraft more than 2km away, according to commander

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[arakboss]

Getting close to the end.

Russian troops close in on eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk

Russian troops are closing in on Pokrovsk from the east and south. According to different sources, Russian forces are between 1-3 km away from the city's logistics hub on the western edge of Ukraine's Donetsk region. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

 

[arakboss]

Ukraine says it has a laser that can shoot down aircraft a mile away. It’s called ‘Tryzub’ | CNN

Drone force commander Sukharevskyi did not offer any further details about the laser. However, experts told CNN the existence of the Tryzub was “feasible.”

amp.cnn.com

They clearly modified it.

 

[rjmt]

Ukraine says that Russia has just suffered its worst daily losses since its full-scale invasion began.
Kyiv's ministry of defense says 2,200 Russian soldiers died in the last 24 hours of fighting.
It says the previous highest total was 2,030, which was set on 29 November.
According to the latest UK defence intelligence estimates, an average of 1,523 Russian soldiers are being killed and wounded every day during the war.

 

[rjmt]

captured N Korean wounded in the Kursk region say no field medics were sent with them in combat and the Russian medics wouldn't treat them

Video shows North Korean casualties swamping hospital in Russia's Kursk region

Reports surfaced of injured North Korean soldiers being treated at Russian hospitals after suffering heavy losses in Russia during combat operations against Ukraine.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

 

[rjmt]

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to expand Russia's network of military-patriotic education programs for youth in Russia and occupied Ukraine ahead of the Kremlin's upcoming "Year of the Defender of the Fatherland" in 2025. Putin approved a list of four instructions for the Russian government on December 20, which include orders to: establish and develop a network of "military-sports camps" to promote enlisting in the military among young people; expand the Kremlin's "Roads of Victory" program; create an online platform to organize military-patriotic education programing for Russian youth; and transfer one children's "health camp" to year-round operations. The Kremlin's "Roads of Victory" program is aimed at "foster patriotic feelings in modern children and youth" and offers free excursions to Russian cultural and historical sites of "military glory" for Russian children and youth. The Kremlin has previously leveraged "Avangard" military and sports training camps to militarize and indoctrinate Ukrainian youth into Russian cultural and historical narratives and appears to be expanding its network of these and similar camps throughout Russia as part of its long-term force generation efforts. The Kremlin is also preparing to expand and elevate other youth military-patriotic organizations, such as Yunarmiya and Movement of the First, to militarize Russian youth. In addition, it is leveraging its "Time of Heroes" program to place veterans of the war in Ukraine into government positions and militarize Russian society writ large. Putin announced on December 20 that the Kremlin will consider 2025 as the "Year of the Defender of the Fatherland," indicating that he intends to orient Russia's political and ideological priorities for 2025 around Russian veterans and further militarizing Russian society. The Kremlin likely intends to leverage these military-political organizations to encourage and elevate the prestige of military service among Russian youth and society as the Kremlin continues to plan for its long-term war effort in Ukraine and possible future armed conflicts with Western countries.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

"Year of the Defender of the Fatherland"
I wonder if it's occurred to the jack wagon that if he'd quit bein' a dick and attacking his neighbors then 'the Fatherland' wouldn't need defended, at least not from the West and Europe?

 

[made in china]

Bored megalomaniacs.
On one hand we fight against one.
On the other hand, we worry the other one will stop shipping our cheap trinkets if we intervene.

Funny, our priorities!

 

[monkeybutler]

Bored megalomaniacs.
On one hand we fight against one.
On the other hand, we worry the other one will stop shipping our cheap trinkets if we intervene.

Funny, our priorities!

We just elected three of them. Can't wait to see what president Musk will do.